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Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief is a 2015 documentary film about Scientology. Directed by Alex Gibney and produced by HBO, it is based on Lawrence Wright's book Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief (2013). The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
[199] [200] Joined Scientology and achieved the status of "Clear". [201] Cyril Vosper: 1935–2004 1968 Author and deprogrammer; wrote The Mind Benders which was the first book on Scientology to be written by an ex-member and the first critical book on Scientology to be published. [202] Matt Willis: 1983– 2008
On May 26, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season, reformatted as a series of longer documentaries, released approximately monthly, under the new blanket title The New York Times Presents. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] A third production season, its second season under the NYT Presents title, began airing on May 20, 2022. [ 5 ]
Yes, Minkoff has discussed Scientology many times. In 2021, she told The New York Times, "there’s a lot of confusion" around her religion.
But the group's public image took a devastating hit with the release of Alex Gibney's eye-opening documentary, "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief," in 2015.
A 37-minute Orientation film created by Golden Era Productions and shown only in Scientology facilities. A confidentiality agreement must be signed before watching the film. The final scene includes the quote, "If you leave this room after seeing this film, and walk out and never mention Scientology again, you are perfectly free to do so. It ...
Minkoff’s relationship to Scientology is her own, and as the profile highlighted, she identifies both as Jewish and a Scientologist. She refers to the church as “more of a self-improvement ...
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief is a 2013 non-fiction book about Scientology written by Lawrence Wright.. The book contains interviews with current and former Scientologists, the histories of founder L. Ron Hubbard and current leader David Miscavige, and analysis of the relationships of Tom Cruise and John Travolta to the organization.